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I always thought that Windows just fixes the problem than continues. I ask this because I brought my computer out of sleep and because I don't have the perfect computer for speed, I didn't wait for it to finish booting up and I tried to shut down, it hung for a few minutes and then a message pops up and says something about the user account not logging off or something, I don't remember.

Hye everyone!

gosh.. its so good to be back to this forum! life is so in the fast lane and i was so busy!!! thank godness i have a few days of holidays.. so i can get on with my pc..

got a few to ask over here...

1. How to totally shut down FIREWALL? coz no matter what i do.. everything i turned off.. my internet connection seems to still have that little ugly sheild at it. What should/ how should i do?

2. I seems to have problem resolving GUI issue.. everytime i start the pc.. there's something bout GUI matter... any idea?

cheers!

Steve asked a valuable question; why don't they shut down the grid and fix everything. Us who do programming and computer networking know an answer...

Is there any way in hell they could just shut down the grid and friggin fix EVERYTHING ? No, right ? Ok, had to ask. :o

I have a fairly new Dell 410 with OEM Vista Home Premium. It has worked well in most cases, except recently all sounds associated with programs quit working. The start-up and shut-down sounds with Windows work and sound works with video playback,...

I read in the help section of my laptop that I shouldn't shut down my computer unless I am repairing hardware or something. It said you should always put the computer on sleep even if you are not going to be using it for hours. Is this true? I...

I recently change the DPI setting in the Destop Personalize options (to 98 dpi).
The shut down button disapeared, I can get the option by moving the cursor to the right edge on the start menu.
I guess I could live with that, just wondering short of going back to the default setting is there another solution to getting the button back. Thanks

i bought the Vista Home Premium upgrade 32-bit from Alienware and i was trying to install it, it goes all the way through the install process to...

Use the scheduler to run the shutdown.exe utility.

Use the scheduler to run the shutdown.exe utility.